View of the Forum in Rome, June 2012

View of the Forum and the Palatine Hill from the Tabularium in Rome, June 2012

The Column of Phocas from the Tabularium in Rome, June 2012

The Column of Phocas (Italian: Colonna di Foca), is a Roman monumental column in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy. Erected before the Rostra and dedicated or rededicated in honour of the Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas on August 1, 608, was the last addition m…

The Temple of Vespasian and the Temple of Saturn from the Tabularium in Rome, June 2012

The Temple of Vespasian and the Temple of Saturn from the Tabularium in Rome, June 2012

The Decennalia Base in the Forum in Rome, July 2012

Decennalia Base (303 AD)
Discovered in 1547, the Decennalia Base (Base dei Decennali) has been re-erected near its original position in the Rostra of the Imperial Forum. It is part of a set of five honorary columns erected in 303 AD for Diocletian's firs…

The Decennalia Base in the Forum in Rome, July 2012

Decennalia Base (303 AD)
Discovered in 1547, the Decennalia Base (Base dei Decennali) has been re-erected near its original position in the Rostra of the Imperial Forum. It is part of a set of five honorary columns erected in 303 AD for Diocletian's firs…

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, June 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, June 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…

Detail of one of the Spandrels of the Arch of Septimius in the Forum Romanum, July 2012

The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla an…